Izabela Krawczyk Ruby Bridges Date of birth: 9/8/1954 Place of birth: Tylertown, Mississippi Date of death: Still Alive Type of work: Visits schools
Great Accomplishments: She was the first African American child to attend an all white school in the south.
5 Important facts:
First black child to attend an all white school.
Walked to school by marshals.
People didn’t want Ruby to go to school there.
Ruby and Mrs. Henry sat in class alone for most of the year.
At the end of the school year, most of the kids were back at the school.
he reason our lives are better today because of this person is because she went to that school with courage and if she didn’t we might not be integrating now.
Ruby Bridges
Date of birth: 9/8/1954 Place of birth: Tylertown, Mississippi Date of death: Still Alive
Type of work: Visits schools
Great Accomplishments: She was the first African American child to attend an all white school in the south.
5 Important facts:
he reason our lives are better today because of this person is because she went to that school with courage and if she didn’t we might not be integrating now.